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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Samurai
sword-wielding Mormon bishop helped a neighbor woman escape a Tuesday
morning attack by a man who had been stalking her.

Hendrix and his weapon of choice (Photo Credit: AP)

Kent Hendrix woke up Tuesday to his
teenage son pounding on his bedroom door and telling him somebody was
being mugged in front of their house. The 47-year-old father of six
rushed out the door and grabbed the weapon closest to him – a 29-inch
high carbon steel Samurai sword.

He came upon what he describes as a
melee between a woman and a man. His son stayed inside to call 911 while
he approached the man along with other neighbors who came to help. The
martial arts instructor didn’t hesitate in drawing the sword and yelling
at him to get on the ground.

“His eyes got as big as saucers and he
kind of gasped and jumped back,” Hendrix said by phone Tuesday
afternoon. “He’s probably never had anyone draw a sword on him before.”

The man ran down the street with the
barefoot Hendrix and others in pursuit. Hendrix said he couldn’t catch
the man before he fled in his car, but he picked up ChapStick that the
man dropped and memorized his license plate.